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I 5 I I NITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ROBERT OO'WEN, OF CAMBRIDGE, AND GEORGE O. BEOKWITH, OF LSOM ERVILLE, ASSIGNORS TO THE BOSTON WVOVEN HOSE COMPANY-OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOSE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 419,987, dated January 21, 1890.

Application filed January 29, 1889. Serial No. 297,985. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, ROBERT COWEN and GEORGE C. BECKVVITH, respectively of Cam-f bridge and of Somerville, both in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve-5 ments in Machines for Cutting Fabric into Strips and Preparing the same for the Man-I ufacture of Hose, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to the manufacture, of hose from strips'of canvas or duck. In preparing fabric of this kind for the manu-I facture of hose it is customary to cut the fab; rie diagonally into strips of uniform Width, the diagonal cutting making the ends of the strips diagonal to their longer edges, so that whensaid ends areconneeted to form along strip, which is afterward made into a tube constituting the hose, the scams or joints at the united ends of the strips or sections will be diagonal to the edges of the strip, and will therefore be longer and will have more strength than if they extended directly across the strip at right angles with the edges thereof.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple machine adapted to be controlled by one attendant, whereby a web of canvas or duck can be cut diagonally into strips for the manufacture of hose, and whereby a strip of adhesive material may be applied to one edge of each strip.

The invention consists in the several improvements which we will now proceed to de scribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, formlng a part of this specification, Figure lrepresents a top View of our improved machine. Fig. 2 represents aside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a front end elevation. Fig. 4 represents a rear end elevation. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 8 8, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 represents ,"aseetion on line 6 6, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 represents asection on line 9 9, Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig. 8 represents a section on line 10 10, Fig. 1. Fig. 9 represents a section on line 5 5, Fig. 2. Figs. 10 and 12 represent details. Fig. 11 represents a section on line 12 12, Fig. 3. Fig. 13 represents a section on hne 7 7, Fig. 2. Fig. 14 represents a top view of the driving shaft and the shaft, to which the feeding roll and portions of the mechanism for rotating it. Figs. 20 and 21 represent detail views.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents a frame which supports a horizontal bed or table I), over which the web to be cut is moved by feedrolls to the cutting devices which sever it into strips, said devices being, as here shown, a fixed blade 0 atthe end of the bed I) and a vertically-reciprocating blade (I, attached to a cross-head c, which is reciprocated in slots or guides in uprights f f by mechanism hereinafter described. The said blades 00- operate with each other in severing the fabric, and are arranged diagonally with relation to the bed I), so as to cut the fabric diagonally. NVe prefer to make the angle at which the fabric is cut adjustable; and to this end we connect the uprights ff by horizontal top and bottom pieces g g, thus forminga frame which is connected by hinges h h with the support ing-frame a. The fixed shear-blade a is attached to said frame, which also supports the mechanism actuating the reciprocating shearblade, so that the said blades can be caused to assume different angles with relation to the bed I) by swinging the said frame on its hinges h 71,. The frame may be secured at any angle to which it may be adjusted by any suitable means-as, for example, clamping-screw 71 on its swinging end and a plate 76, affixed to the frame a, and having a segmental slot j, in which said screw moves when the frame is being adjusted. When the screw is turned downwardly, its head bears on the plate 75, and thus secures the cutter-frame to said plate. The web to be cut is rolled on a mandrel m, the ends of which project into vertical slotsin brackets attached to the frame a. from the roll between two positively-rotated The fabric passes feed-rolls n n at the outer end of the bed I) and is unwound intermittingly from the mandrel by the operation of said rolls.

At suitable points in the bed I) are feedrolls 0, attached to arbors 19 under the bed I), said feed-rolls being rotated intermittinglyin unison with the feed-rolls n n by mechanism to be described. Each feed-roll is here shown as composed of several sections projecting-through slots in the bed I); but it is obvious that each roll can be made continu ous instead of being in sections.

The rolls 0 0 decrease in length, as shown in Fig. 1 toward the cutting-blades on account of the diagonal arrangement of the cutting-blades, said rolls being thus adapted to control the acute-angled portion of the web, which they could not do if all were of the same length.

Overthe feed-rolls 0 are arranged idle-rolls q, said idle-rolls being journaled in lugs attached to arms 8, which in turn are attached to shaft t, journaled in bearings on the frame affixed to the shaft c'.

a. The idle-rolls boar by their own weight on the fabric and hold it against the positively-rotated rolls 0, and they may be raised by partly rotating the shafts 15, which are provided with handles u for this purpose. The mechanism which intermittingly rotates the said feed-rolls is as follows:

'0 represents a driving-shaft journaled in bearings under the bed I) and having a gear w, meshing with a gear x on a shaft y, which is also journaled under the bed I), and has at one-end a disk a, carrying an eccentricallylocated wrist-pin a. Said pin is connected by a rod 1) with a rack e, which is fitted to slidein a horizontal guide or easing attached to the frame a. f

(1' represents a pinion meshing with said rack and mounted to run loosely on a shaft e, which is journaled in hearings on the frame a. To the pinion d is affixed aratchet f which, like the pinion, is loose on the shaft e.- With said ratchet engages a pawl g, which is pivoted to the side of a gear 7t,

The rack c is reciprocated by the rotary motion of the disk z, imparted through the rod Z), and causes the pinion d and ratchet f to rotate first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. The-ratchet in rotating one way engages the pawl g and through the latter rotates the gear 72/, but in rotating the other way slips on the pawl without rotating said gear, so that the gear is intermittingly rotated. The gear h imparts its intermittent rotation to the feed-rolls 0 and n at through a gear t", at-, tachedto a shaft j, a bevel-pinion 7a 011 said shaft, and a long shaft m, having a bevel gear 4t meshing with the bevel-gear 7c, and a series of bevel-gears 0, meshing with the bevel 4 gears 19 "on the shafts of the feed: rolls 0.

The upper feed-roll "n is geared to the lower feed-roll n and is positively rotated thereby The bed b furnishes a support for the fabric between the feed-rolls and prevents it from falling between the rolls; but it is obvious that rods or other devices for supporting the fabric between the rolls may be substituted for the'bed.

The mechanism for reciprocating the shearblade d is as follows: The cross-head a, carrying said blade, is connected by rods q q with straps encircling eccentrics r on horizontal shaft s',whicl is journaled in bearings 011 the base 9 of the swinging knife-carrying frame and is rotated intermittingly by mechanism to be described, the rotation of said'shaft causing the eccentrics r to reciprocate the cross-head, the periods of rotation of the shaft 8 alternating with those of the feed-rolls 0 and n n, so that the blade (1 is operated while the rolls areat rest, and vice versa.

The intermittent rotation of the shaft s'is accomplished by the following devices: A shaft 2?, journaled in bearings under the bed I) and extendinglongitudinally of the same, is provided at one end with a bevel-gear u, meshing with a loose bevel-gear 'v on the driving-shaft o, and at the opposite end with a bevel-gear w, meshing with a similar bevelgear affixed to a short vertical shaft 00', journaled in bearings on the frame a. On the lower end of said shaft 00' is a bevel-gear y, meshing with a bevel-gear z on the blade-0perating shaft 3. The loose bevel-gear 'v on the driving-shaft is provided with a clutch member 2 on its hub. A sliding clutch 3, which is keyed to the drivin -shaft, so as to be continuously rotated thereby and yet be capable of sliding thereon, is pressed .by a spring 4 toward the clutch 2, the two clutches .being normally engaged by said spring, so

that the rotation of the driving-shaft is imparted to the shaft t, and through the latter and the Vertical shaft w to the blade-operating shaft 3'. The sliding clutch is, however, forced back from the clutch 2 at intervals by a swinging arm 5, which is pivoted at 6 to the frame a under the bed Z), and is so arranged that a wed ge shaped proj ection 7 on its swinging end gravitates into position to act on a projection 7 on a flan ge formed on the sleeve orhub of the sliding clutch 3. Nhcn the projection '7 isbroughtby the rotation of the driving-shaft into contact with the projection 7 of the arm 5, the clutch 8 is forced away from the clutch 2 by such contact, and the rotation of the shaft 15 is suspended until the arm 5 is raised abovethe projection 7 of the sliding clutch, thus permitting the spring 4 to re-engage the clutches 2 3. The raising of the arm 5 is effected by a cam S on the shaft y. Said cam is continuously rotated with the shaft y by the previously-described connection of the latter with the driving-shaft, and is so timed'that it raises the arm 5 just after the stoppage of the rotation of the feed-rolls and holds said arm raised until just before the rotation of the feed-rolls is resumed. The described mechanism is so timed that the arm 5 is held in a severed strip falls on a laterally-reciprocating plate or carrier A, which is mounted on arms B B, affixed to a horizontal rock-shaft O,journaled in hearings on the floor or base supporting the machine. One of the arms 13 is connected by a link or yoke D with a cam E on the shaft '3, said cam having a groove which receives a trundle-roll on the link or yoke D. The rotation of the cam E oscillates the arms 13 B and shaft 8, and thereby earries the plate A alternately from and toward the cutting-blades c d. The cam E is timed so that it holds the plate A stationary at its nearest approach to the cutting-blades while the blade cl is descending and severing the fabric, and then moves the plate away from the blades, causing it to carry the severed strip edgewise until its outer edge is over a series of fixed jaws or projections F on a bed or table G under the plate. A series of slots H, coinciding with said jaws, are formed in the plate A, said slots receiving the jaws F, so that the upper surfaces of the jaws are about flush with the upper surface of the plate A.

I I represent a series of movable jaws attached to a rock-shaft J, which is journaled in bearings on the edge of the table G and is oscillated, so as to alternately press the jaws I down upon the fixed jaws or upon the fabric resting thereon to hold the fabric and raise said jaws to release the fabric by an arm K, which is hinged at its lower end to the base-piece g and is jointed at its upper end to an arm L, attached to the rock-shaft J. The arm K is pressed upwardly by a spring M against a collar affixed to the shaft 3 and, excepting when pressed away from said collar by a cam or toe N thereon, holds the jaws I away from the fixed jaws F. The cam N is timed to move the arm K and thereby press the jaws I upon the outer edge of the strip of fabric after the latter has been carried from the cutting-blades by the plate A and to hold the jaws upon said strip while the plate A is moving back to the cuttingblades, the strip being thus deposited upon the table G, after which the cam N releases the arm K and the spring M moves said arm upwardly and causes it to raise the jaws I and release the strip of fabric, which is now free to be moved endwise by feeding pressure-rolls O P, presently described. One end of the said strip overlaps the end of the preceding strip, which has been moved along the table by said rolls. 7 The operator by moving his thumb along said overlapping edges or otherwise applying pressure thereto causes said ends to adhere to each other, the fabric composing the strips being coated or satur ated with rubber, so that it has an adhesive quality. The feeding pressure-rolls last re ferred to are intermittingly rotated, and after the ends of the strips have been united, as above described, the rolls operate to move the last-cut strip lengthwise from the table. Said feeding pressure-rolls are coinposed of a feed-roll O, which is intermittingly rotated by means described later, and a pressure-roll I, which is journaled in verticallymovable bearings above the roll O, and is pressed toward the latter by springs acting on said bearings. The function of the rolls 0 P is to press together the strip of fabric and a narrow strip or ribbon R of adhesive rubber, which ribbon is wound on a loose roll S, journaled in hearings in a frame T above the rolls 0 P. Said frame has a guide U, through which the ribbon passes to the upper surface of the strip of fabric on which the ribbon is laid. The strip and ribbon are passed between the rolls 0 P, and the ribbon is caused to adhere to the strip by the pressure of the said rolls. The lower roll O is illtermittingly rotated by the following devices:

On the shaft of said roll is loosely mounted a sleeve V, to which is affixed a gear W and a plate or pawl carrier X, the former being at the outside and the latter at the inside of the roll 0. On the inner periphery of the roll 'Oareformed internal ratchet-teeth A, with which engage one or more pawls 13, carried by the plate X, said pawls being pressed outwardly by springs, and thus held in contact with the ratchet-teeth A. WVhen the gear NV and plate X are rotated in one direction, the pawls l3 engage the ratchet-teeth and rotate the roll 0; but when said gear and plate are rotated in the opposite direction the pawls slip on the ratchet-teeth without rotating the roll. The gear NV and the pawl-carrying plate X connected therewith are rotated alternately forward and backward by a rack O, which is reciproeated in a vertical guide by; a crank D on the shaft 8 and a rod E, connecting the wrist-pin of said crank with the rack O. The reciprocating motion of said rack is transmitted to the gear V and plate X by a shaft F, having a gear or pinion G, meshing with the rack 'O and a larger gear H, meshing with the gear W". The described intermittent rotation of the rolls is .timed to take place after the jawsI have been raised from the strip of fabricand while the plate A. is in its strip-receiving position. The pawls B are attached to the outer ends of spring-arms, which normally press them outwardly against the ratchet-teeth A. The inner ends of said spring-arms are secured to an arm I, which is pivoted at J to the plate X, and has its outer or swinging end pressed outwardly by a spring K, which normally IIO IIS

- holds said arm in position for its pawls B to is mounted loosely on the shaft of the roll 0,

and is capable of being turned in either direction on said shaft by the handle M. To one side of the plate L is affixed a rib or switch N, a portion of which is concentric with the shaft of the roll 0, while oife end is which receive the ends of the web-holding inclined outwardly from said concentric portion. The inclined portion of the switch is arranged to come in contact with a stud O on-the pawl-carrying arm I when the plate L is turned to a position to bring said inclined portion into the path in which the stud O oscillates, said stud being oscillated by the described backward and forward rotary movements of the plate X. The arm I is thrown inwardly by the contact of its stud O with the inclined portion of the rib N, and the pawls B are thereby made inoperative. The plate L may be adjusted so that its rib will displace the pawl-arm I at any desired point in the backward movement of the latter, so that during the succeeding forward or operative movement of the pawls they will engage with the ratchet-teeth A only after they have passed away from the switch or rib, and will therefore rotate the roll 0 a distance dependent on the adjustment of the switch. The handle or lever M, by which the switch is adjusted, hasa socket or slot near its outer en d,through which passes a segmentalbar P, affixed to a post orbracket on the table G. Said bar is provided with marks or graduations suitably numbered to indicate the length of feed movement of the roll 0 that will be permitted by any position of the handle M within the limits of its movement. Said handle is provided with a screw R, by which it may be positively secured to the segmental barP at any desired point.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as each strip is cut off by the blades d it is carried across the table G, grasped by the jaws I, (while the carrying-plate A is returning for another strip,) and then, after being secured to the preceding strip, is passed with the rubber strip between the rolls. A strip of indefinite length is thus formed, which is afterward cut into sections and made into hose in any suitable way.

Having now described the principal parts of the machine and their operation, we will describe certain minor details which we have thus far omitted to mention.

One side of each of the vertical slots 10,

mandrel m, is composed of a movable bar 12,

pivoted at 13 to the fixed vertical bar 14, composing the other side of said slot, the pivot 13 passing through a vertical slot 15 in the upper end of said movable bar. Said slot permits the bar to be raised to disengage its pointed lower end from a notch or fixed socket 16 formed toreceive it. When the bar 12 is raised, it may be swung away from the fixed bar 14 to permit the removal and insertion of themandrel. Said mandrel may be moved lengthwise to adjust the web laterally with relation to the bed I: by means of a lever 17, affixed to a rock-shaft 18, which is journaled in fixed bearings, the forked outer end of said lever being engaged with a groove in the mandrel, another lever 19, affixed to said rockshaft and projecting downwardly therefrom, a rack 20, adapted to slide in fixed guides and jointed at one end to the lever 19, and a shaft 21, extending lengthwise of the bf=d and having at one end a pinion 22, meshin with said rack, and at the other end one or more arms or pedals 23,- arranged to be moved by the foot of the operator standing at the front of the table G. The rotation of said shaft causes the rack 22 to move endwise and impart a similar movement to the mandrel m through the rack 20, shaft 18, and levers 17 and 19. The gear 10, that transmits motion from the driving-shaft v to the fee'd-roll-actuating shaft y, is loose upon said shaft, and is operatively connected therewith by a movable clutch 24, which is keyed to the driving-shaft, so as to be capable of sliding thereon, and engages with a similar clutch 25 on the gear 10. Said sliding clutch 24 is engaged with the swinging end of a lever 20, which is affixed to a rock-shaft27, journaled in fixed bearings. Said shaft extends to a point under or near the table G, where the operator stands, and is there provided with a lever 28, arranged to be grasped by the operator, who is enabled to turn the shaft 27, and thereby throw the movable clutch out of engagement with the clutch on the gear 10, and thus prevent the operation of the machine when it is desirable to do so.

The sliding clutch 3, that makes operative the loose bevel-gear it, whereby motion is communicated from the driving-shaft to the shaft tand the strip severing and feeding devices, is engaged with the forked end of a lever 29, the other end of which is attached to a shaft 30, which is journaled in fixed bearings and extends substantially parallel with the shafts 21 and 27 to a point near the operators station at the table G, where it is provided with a lever 31, whereby the operator may throw the clutch 3 out of engagement with the clutch of the bevel-gear u, and thus stop the operation of the severing-blade d and strip-feeding roll 0 whenever it isldesired to feed the web forward without cutting-as, for example, at the commencement of the operation before the end of the web has been cut diagonally. It will be seen, there- LII fore, that an attendant standing at the table G is enabled to control the machine without leaving his station.

The frame T, supporting the rolls S, on which the rubber ribbon R is wound, is pivoted at 32 to lugs on the table G, and is capable of swinging up and down. A lug 33 on said frame limits the downward movement of the frame by hearing on the table.

34 represents another frame pivoted at 35 above the frame T. The swinging end of the upper frame has sockets or bearings for another roll 36, on which is wound the strip of cloth that is wound with the rubber strip on the roll S to prevent the convolutions of the rubber strip from sticking together. The upper roll is in contact with the rubber on the roll S and is rotated by the latter, so that it winds up the cloth strip as fast as it is unwound with the rubber strip.

37 represents a brake which bears on the periphery of the strip-feeding roll to prevent the too-free rotation of the latter.

It will be observed that although the table and blade supporting frame is hinged so that it can be turned to vary the angle of the blades with the web -supporting bed I), the swinging movements of said frame do notdis turb the operative connection of the shafts t and 8', because the short vertical shaft ac",

connecting said shafts, is in line with the hinges h h, connecting the table G with the supporting-frame a. I

The end of the web is held on the fixed blade during the descent of the blade (Z by a bar 38, having ears or lugs 39, containing vertical slots 40, which enable the bar to slide vertically on studs 41, passing through said: When the crosshead is raised, the upper ends of the slots 40 bear on the studs 41, and as the cross-head slots into the cross-head c.

descends with the blade (1 the bar 38 bears 011 the web close to the line along which it is cut and remains thereon until the cutting is completed, the studs 41 moving down in the slots 40, which remain stationary during the descent of the blade.

An application filed concurrently herewith by Robert Cowen, one of the present applicants,Serial N 0. 297,989, shows and describes the mechanism shown and described in this applicatiomcertain parts of the machine not herein claimed having been invented solely by said Oowen. WVe do not therefore claim in this application anything claimed in the said application, Serial No. 297,989.

We clai1n- 1. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the. combination of the series of feed-rolls 0 and n, the rack c, the mechanism intermediate of said rack and feed-rolls whereby the latter are intern1ittingly operated by the alternate movements of the rack, the shaft 3 and the rod Z), eccentrically connected with said shaft, whereby the rack is reciprocated, the driving shaft 1), having a loose gear w, meshing with a gearrc on the shaft y, and a clutch 24, whereby said loose gear 10 may be operatively connected with the driving shaft, and an operating rod or shaft engaged with said clutch and extending to the front or operators station and there provided with a handle,whereb'y the operator may move the clutch to make the feed-rolls operative or inoperative, as set forth.

2. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination, with the described web feeding and severing devices, of the web-supporting mandrel, the slotted supports therefor, the rack 20 and 111- termediate devices through which the endwise movements of the rack are imparted to the mandrel, and the shaft 21, extending from the rack to the operators station and provided with a pinion meshing with said rack, as set forth.

3. In amachine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the slotted mandrel supports or holders having the vertically-movable bars 12, forming the outer sides of the mandrel-receiving slots, and the sockets for the lower ends of said bars, as set forth. 7

4:. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination,with the web feeding and-severing devices, of the strip-carrying plate A, mechanism, substantially as described, for moving said plate toward and from the cutting-blades, the table under said plate, the rocking jaws arranged to eo-operate with said table or with fixed jaws or elevations thereon in grasping the outer edge of a strip of material presented by the carrying-plate, and mechanism for operating said jaws, as described, whereby the jaws are caused to grasp the strip when the latter is moved from the cutting-blades and while the carrying-plate is returning to the blades, and then to release the strip and leave it upon the table, as set forth.

5. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination, with the table G and cutting-blade d, of the plate A, the rockshaft 0, having arms B B, support.

ing said plate, the shaft 3, having a cam E, and a link D, connecting said cam to one of the arms 13, as set forth.

6. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination, with the table G, cutting-blade d, and strip-carrying plate A, of the rock-shaft J, having the jaws I: and arm L, the lever K, pivoted at one end to said arm and at the other end to a fixed support, the shaft 8, having a cam N, arranged to move said lever, and a spring which holds the lever K against said cam, as set forth.

7. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination of the table G, the reciprocating cut-tingdalade cl, the feed-roll O at one end of said table, the pressureq'oll P, co-operating with said feedroll, the shaft 3', having the eccentric r and crank D, the rod q ,cOnnectiug said eccentrio with the cross-head carrying the blade d,

the rack connected by a rod E with the crank D, the shaft F, having the pinion G and gear H, the former meshing with the rack and the latter with a pinion W, loosely mounted on the shaft of the feed-roll, and a plate or pawl carrier affixed to said loose gear and provided with one or more spring-pawls which engage with internal ratchet-teeth formed in the feed-roll 0, all arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination of i the feed-roll 0, having internal ratchet-teeth,

, the feed-roll O,having internal ratchet-teeth,

tion to which it may be adjusted, as set forth.

the independently-movable plate or pawl carrier within said roll provided with a spring pawl or pawls B, engaging said teeth, and mechanism for oscillating said carrier within .the roll, whereby the said pawls are caused to alternately engage and slip on said ratchettceth, an adjustable plate L ,mounted loosely on vthe shaft of the feed-roll 0, within the same, and provided with a rib or switch N, formed to displace the pawl or pawls B during the backward movement of the latter, and means for holding the plate L at any posi- 10. In a machine for-preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination of the feed-roll 0, having internal ratchet-teeth, the plate or carrier X, having a spring pawl or pawls engaging said teeth, means for oscillatin g said carrier, and thereby making its pawls alternately operative and inoperative, the plate I], mounted loosely on the shaft of the roll 0, within the latter, and provided with the pawl-displacing rib or switch N and with the handle M, the segmental bar P, on which said handle swings, and a locking device whereby the handle M may be locked to said bar at any point to which it may be adjusted, as set forth.

11. In a machine for preparing fabric for the manufacture of hose, the combination of the web-feeding rolls, the driving-shaftv and intermediate mechanism, substantially as described, co-operating therewith, whereby intermittent rotary motion is imparted to said rolls from said driving shaft, the movable cutting-blade d, the mechanism, including the shaft 75, whereby reciprocating motion is imparted to said blade from the driving-shaft, the clutch 3 on the driving-shaft, whereby the latter may be connected with and disconnected from the blade-operating shaft 6, anda shaft 30, having at one end an arm engaging said clutch and at the other end an operating-handle located at the operators station, whereby the operator maystop the operation of the cutting-blade witho ut making the webfeeding rolls inoperative, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of December, A. D. 1888.

ROBERT COWEN.

GEORGE O. BECKWIIH.

Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, W. C. RAMSAY. 

